Beloved veteran Calif. chief steps aside

"I do not plan to just sit back there and raise vegetables and horses," he said. "I plan on getting involved"

By John Asbury The Press Enterprise

HEMET, Calif. — Richard Dana spent his career leading police officers through tragedy and turmoil.

During his tenure with Riverside police, he oversaw an internal affairs investigation into a shooting that splintered the city. He finished his career as chief of the Hemet Police Department just as a series of attacks on officers ended.